Abstract
The complex relationship between capitalist development and rural transformation requires a global historical-comparative approach that takes into account both historical variations and spatial divergencies. We propose the analytical devices of commodity regimes and commodity frontiers to link structural changes with local resistance and accommodation. The concept of the commodity frontier explains how place-specific commodity production shapes and is shaped by the socio-spatial expansion, as well as the deepening and widening, of capitalism’s social division of labour.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies |
Editors | A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels, Ben M. McKay |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
Chapter | 2 |
Pages | 9-14 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781788972468 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781788972451 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© A. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels and Ben M. McKay 2021.